Word: sensualism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...With a voice that is a hybrid of Donald (Steely Dan) Fagen and David Bowie, Byrne has a tendency to sound spacey and detached. He compounds the effect by singing from an appropriately spacey and detached point of view. In nearly every song the singer marvels at some new sensual experience, the problems of life or his friends. His outlook recalls those aliens in "Star Trek" who rhapsodize about the flood of feeling they get when they take on human form so Captain Kirk can start smooching them...
...more). Most of all, its accessibility benefits the cus tomer; indeed, it was designed as a "people place." As the plans evolved, it was agreed that it would not be just a foot ball palace, but a multipurpose sporting-business-conven tion-cultural center that could revitalize the sensual, sickly Blanche DuBois of cities...
...those who find slicing and dicing both sensual and exciting, my kitchen is available. For myself, I'll go relax in the bath while the baby is crying and the dog is barking and get ready for a romantic candlelight dinner...
...Cooking is a sensual experience, and when men and women dice and slice and saute in tandem, other juices than those of the good beef flow. Says Julia Child: "The family that cooks together, stays together." The man in the kitchen soon learns to appreciate the degree of love and labor that his wife puts into the feeding of a family?and where the household budget goes. New Jersey Cookmates Joyce and Louis Harvey say they could never get divorced: "Who would get the Cuisinart, and who the KitchenAid mixer...
Brill is affecting as the governess, Gould radiates sensual magnetism as her employer lover, and Zabielski is ardent and elegant as the ex-fiance. But the dry winy brilliance of Pirandello dominates the evening. He carved out the themes of loneliness, absurdity and alienation, and in the 41 years since his death, serious modern drama has become a realm of metaphysical dread of which he felt the first tormented shudder...